Electric cooking device.



ELECTRIO GODKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26. 1912.,

1,1 18,392, I Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

mven tor Henry Price BalL HisAttorney ATENT HENRY PRICE BALL, 0 yI'ITSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGHOE '10 GENEREL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ELECTRIC COOKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov, 2%

Application filed November 26, 1912. Serial No. 783,611.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PRICE BALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Electric Cookspecification.

My invention relates to electric cooking devices and more particularly to such'decombination of such devices with the other devices required to constitute an electric cooking range. I p

One object of my invention is to provide an eiiicient and economical cooking device of the aforesaid character and one which will be conveniently located with reference to the other portions of the cooking range.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for utilizing any heat which may be developed in the-said device in encess of that necessary for the cooking operation performed therein.

According to my invention I embody in the range a heat insulated cooking pocket which is located below the top surface thereof. In, order that other parts of the range which are used more frequently maybe conveniently located in the front of the range, I prefer to' locate the aforesaid pocket in the rear portion thereof. The heating means for the said pocket may be any well known electric heating device. In

heat stora e mass ma constitute said means, the cooking pockets being located in close thermal conductive relation thereto.

My invention will be more cleariy understood by referring to the accompanying drawing in which- 1 .ifihre 1 is-a plan view partially broken 7- n p a V V 1 r 1g. is a vertical section oi a vegotab mg Devices, of which the following isa v amount of heat storage capacity.

rspective v ew or an intermittent iec'. tic

cooking range embodying my Q nv nti cooking p ocket forming part of the same; and lug. o s a artial vertical sectionof a cookingreceptacle.

In Figs. land? is showna' portion an electrical heat ,storage range of the char acter disclosedinfstanley Patent #1,025,i1 a; which comprises a heat storage masslG provided with stoves 11 "and the storageoven, 12-having a suitable door 13. The '-a:foresaid parts are inclose'd insulation 14 and casing 15. The heatingmeans' coinprises the cartridge resistance units 16 and 17. The oven 12 is composed of cast iron or other material having high heat storaz e capacity and the rear portion 12" of the trip thereof is preferably of somewhat greater thickness than the other portions so as" to concentrate the heat storage around the vegetable cooking pockets 18 which are held thereby. The casings of said. pockets 18 are preferably of metal such as iron and of such thickness that they will have rtain of each of the vegetable cooking pockets has attached thereto a cover 19 which In hinged at the rear 'as at 20. The said top'i's Preferably of iron and of suitable til" so as to constitute a heat storage considerable capacity. A handle Qi is erably set below the top surface of tii lid; The vegetable cookin en; '1.

adapted to receive any suitable iecep for-containing vegetables or other art tobe cooked. -@wing to th that the pocket is located below the to face of the range it obtains the beneiito heat insulationof the range as cover 19 will be heated by the stearn which escapes from the cooking utensil and by heat conducted and radiated. from the storage mass and will serve as a' hot plate. Giving to the fact that there are no projeetions above the top or the range, va ious new cookingeutensils may be easily siid to" the baclrpa-rt of the range into contact with the hot plates and out of the I2i-F-iffl hand i I have shown. my inven- )lied to an intermittent eleetricai cooking "rangeal' This may be provided with he top stoves 22 mounted in the front portion of the top thereof. These stoves may be of any well known construction such as that disclosed in the Logan patent hereinbefore referred to, and 7261 so constitute no part of my invention. In the rear portion of the top 23 of the aforesaid range are located vegetable cooking pockets embodying my invention. As shown in Fig. 4:, these pockets comprise inner and outer metallic shells 24 between which is packed any suitable heat insulation 25. Cover 26 hinged at 27 provided with handle 28 and otherwise similar in all respects to the cover 19 hereinbefore described, is provided for said pocket. In the bottom of the pocket is mounted the fiat electrical resistance heating unit 29 which may be similar to that disclosed in the Logan patent hereinbefore referred to. Suitable electric connections 30 are provided between the said stove and an external supply circuit. The terminal connection 31 of the stove and conductor 30 may be mounted in an insulating bushing 32. I have shown in Figs. 3, and 5 one form of receptacle 33 which may be used for provided with suitable'cover 36; which may be held in place by the spriiigclamps 37. As shown in Fig. 5, the said receptacle is provided with a water seal to reduce to a minimum the steam escaping therefrom. The said water seal comprises the downwardly extending flange 38 on the cover 36 which projects into the annular trough 39 supported at the top of the receptacle proper.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, my vegetable cooking pocket is heated by means of the intermittent electric resistance stove 29. The cover 26 will be heated by any steam rising from the vegetable receptacle and also by heat conducted and radiated from the stove 29. In this form as Well as in the form applied to the storage range the cover for the vegetable cooking pocket is adapted to serve as a hot plate. Cooking utensils after being heated by means of the stoves 22 may be slid back upon the said cover plates and kept warm for considerable time. Owing to the effective heat insulation practically all of the heat liberated by the unit 29 will be utilized, thus producing a very efiicient and economical device.

Various modifications of the above described structure will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and are to be considered as coming within the scope of my invention which is set forth in the following claims.

hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,

1..In an electrically heated range, one or more heaters located in the front of the range, a plurality of heat insulated cooking pockets located in the rear thereof and below the top surface of the same, lids for said pockets substantially flush with the top surface of the said range and having considerable heat storage capacity and means for supplying heat to said pockets.

2. In an electrically heated range, a cooking pocket located below the top surface thereof, a lid for said pocket having considerable heat storage capacity substantially Hush with the top of the said range and means for heating said pocket.

3. In an electrically heated range, a heat insulated cooking pocket located below the top surface thereof, a lid for said pocket having considerable heat storage capacity and means for supplying heat to the said pocket.

4c. In an electrically heated range, a storage oven, a casing forming a cooking pocket located below the top of said range and in close thermal conductive relation to said storage oven, a portion of the top of said oven adjacent to said pocket being of greater thickness than the other portions H. B. DAVERIN, M. J. REYNOLDS.

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